Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Birkeland, Charles (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Life Sciences.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.

This volume investigates the effects of human activities on coral reefs, which provide important life-supporting systems to surrounding natural and human communities. It examines the self-reinforcing ecological, economic, and technological mechanisms that degrade coral reef ecosystems around the wor...